We had family friends whom we knew through the Pro-Life movement, and they had a daughter who joined the Peace Corps. For some reason that no one will ever understand, the Peace Corps in all of its wisdom decided to send a 22 year old girl to their most remote outpost in Africa, alone. I … Continue reading “Don’t Ever Go To Africa, The Whole Place is a Death Trap”, she said →

My Mother is a character. Many years ago, she was advising me on what to do if she ever went "off her rocker", in her words. "If I ever go off my rocker, don't put me in a home", she said. "Just throw me in a room and throw some cornflakes at me." My Mom … Continue reading “Just Throw Me in a Room and Throw Some Cornflakes at me”, she said →

During the early 90's, I was a waitress in a bar in Anchorage. At that time, there were after hours clubs all around the city, that people would go to after the bars closed down. I was dating a guy who was a bartender in one of those clubs: he told me that he had … Continue reading The Underworld →

We can never know for sure exactly what we will do in a given situation until and unless we are actually in that situation. I learned this firsthand when I was 13, and my ten year old brother broke his arm. He had been taking a shower. My mother and I were downstairs in the … Continue reading True Story →